How to make a refreshing, bubbly and delicious Puccini Cocktail! This Venetian drink is perfect for brunch, festive celebrations or for sipping on at any occasion. Super easy to make made with just 2 ingredients!
The Puccini cocktail is a refreshing Prosecco based cocktail named after the famous Italian composer and Madame Butterfly's, Giacomo Puccini.
Invented in Harry's Bar, Venice it's very similar to a Mimosa or Peach Bellini but uses fresh mandarin juice instead.
You can juice whole mandarins yourself (what we do) which will give you the best fresh flavour or you can buy 100% mandarin juice for convenience.
Serve your Puccini cocktail with Italian snacks such as smoked salmon crostini or burrata with crispy 'Nduja.
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Ingredients - what you need
See the photo below that shows you everything you need to make this recipe plus some important tips on ingredients!
- Mandarins - if juicing the mandarins yourself I recommend using 2 medium-sized manderins per cocktail. You can make a bigger batch of this to serve more people.
- Prosecco - use a good quality Prosecco DOC.
Step by step photos and recipe instructions
Juice the mandarins into a bowl or jug (photos 1 & 2).
Pass the juice through a fine sieve to remove any excess pulp.
Pour the mandarin juice into prosecco flutes until it fills ⅓ of the glass then top up with prosecco. Stir and serve. (photos 3 & 4).
Recipe tips and FAQs
- Pour slowly - by pouring the prosecco into the glasses slowly you avoid the cocktail overflowing as it reacts with the citrus juice.
You can use mandarines, tangerines or clementines.
It was invented in Harry's Bar, Venice and named after the famous composer Giacomo Puccini.
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📖 Full Recipe
Puccini Cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized mandarins or 100% mandarin juice (1 part/50ml)
- Prosecco (2 parts/70ml)
Instructions
- Juice the fresh mandarins (about 2 per cocktail) in a bowl then pour through a fine strainer to get rid of any remaining pulp.
- Fill a flute glass by ⅓ with the mandarin juice then top up with prosecco.
Notes
- Pour slowly - by pouring the prosecco into the glasses slowly you avoid the cocktail overflowing as it reacts with the citrus juice.
- Fruit to use - you can use mandarins, tangerines or clementines (whole fruits or juice).
Nutrition
- I always use extra virgin olive oil in all of my recipes unless stated otherwise
- When I use canned or jarred tomatoes of any kind I always use Cirio or Mutti brands for the best results and flavour.
- All vegetables are medium sized unless stated otherwise
- All recipes are tested and developed using a fan (convection) oven
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